Automatic card-stop for time-recorders.



No. 850,526. PATENTED APR. 16, 1907. J. 8: A. DEY.

AUTOMATIC CARD STOP FOR TIME REGORDERS.

APPLIOATIOH FILED MAY 26, 1905.

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WITNESSESw E 1% g ATTORNEYS No. 850,526. PATENTBD APR. 16, 1907.

J. & A. DEY.

AUTOMATIC CARD STOP FOR TIME REGORDEBS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. 1905.

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' VENMRS Gib Br ATTORNEYS PATENIED APR.16, 190v. J. & A. DBY. AUTOMATICCARD STOP FOR TIME RBGORDERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1905.

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UNITED s ra rnsenrnnr orrron.

JOHN DEY AND ALEXANDER DEY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO DEY TIMEREGISTER COMPANY,

PORATION OF NEW YORK.

OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A COR- AUTOMATlC CAQD STOP FOP; TlNlE RECGRDEFlSBNO. 850,526. V

Application filed May 26,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN DEY and ALEX- ANDER DEY, residing at Syracuse,in the county of Onondaga and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful im provements in AutomaticCard-Stops for 'iime-Recorders, of which the following is a full clear,and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it ap- 1o pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to mechanism for causing intermittent motion andwith regard to its more specific features to clock-controlled mechanismfor use in positioning a record-card in a workmans time-recorder.

One of the objects thereof is to provide simple and eflicient means forintermittently driving a part from a continuously-moving member. 1

Another object is to provide practical and automatically-acting meansfor intermittently moving a member for a certain predetermined number ofsteps in one direction and then retracting the same to its original 2 5position.

Another object is to provide means of the above general type in which anabutment or stop is automatically moved and accurately positioned andyet the certainty of action of 0 the same not sacrificed.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed outhereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of 3 5 elements, and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the mechanism hereinafter described and the scope of theapplication of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown one of various possibleembodiments of our invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the same.Fig. 2 is a front elevation of certain parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. is ar 5 rear elevation of certain parts appearing in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is adetail view showing the action of ratchet-and-p awl mechanism. Fig. 5 isa front elevation of a card-receiver and associated parts. Fig. 6 is aplan of the 0 same.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views of the drawings.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

1905. Serial No. 262.388.

As tending to render better understood certain features of our inventionit may here be noted that in a mechanism employing a toothed memberhaving coacting therewith actuating and holding pawls respectivelyadapted, as indicated by their names, to move this member and to holdthe same in the position in which it is moved if the operative portionsof these pawls be positioned a su'llicient distance apart to insure theentry of the holding-pawl into operative position upon theactuating-pawl completing its movement there is for this reason certainamount of backlash or play which is taken up as the actuating-p awl isremoved from its engaging position. This action would result in theplacing of the toothed member in either of two positions, according asthe actuating-pawl is in operative relation thereto or is thrown into aninoperative position, thus letting the member drop upon theholding-pawl. If mechanism of this type be used in positioning arecord-receiving surface, it will readily be seen that the slightshifting of the same due to the above-mentioned play or backlash willthrow the record out of alinement. It may also here be noted that if inconnection with the mechanism immediately above referred to a singlestep be missed due, for example, to the failure of the holding pawl toreach beneath the tooth which it is to engage, the entire recorder isthrown out of order and the records confused. It may also be noted atthis point that in the case in which a member is intermittently actuatedby continuously-driven clockwork a considerable burden is imposed uponthe clockwork at the time of driving the intermittently-driven member,necessitating the employment of powerful driving mechanism un less meansbe provided to render the distribution of the load thereon more uniform.The above and other defects are remedied in constructions of the natureof that hereinafter described.

Referring now to Fig. 5 of the drawings, there are shown,diagrammatically, printingwheels 1 of any desired form, the same beingpreferably driven from clockwork, (not here shown, as it in itself formsno part of the present invention.) Opposite the printingwheels isrecord-card receiver comprising the front and rear plates 2 and 3, theformer of which is flared, as shown at at, so as to provide an openingofthe desired width. Between these plates are positioned card-engagingmembers 5 and 6, having secured thereto cover-plates 7, adapted toinclose the card-receiver except at the portion. between these members.A suitable pressure-lever 8,

pivoted, as by the screw 9, upon a post 1.0,

may be actuated in any desired manner, as by the rod 11,1lexiblyconnectedtherewith, to force a record-receiving member inserted betweenthe members 5 and 6 into engagement with the printing-wheels 1, and thusform a record thereon.

The downward movement of the card or other record-receiving memberwithin the receiver is limited, as by an. abutment 12, :[ixed upon astrap 13, which is clamped about a sleeve 14, slidably iinounted. uponthe vertical guide-rod 15, shown in Fig. 1. of the drawings. This strap,which is guided, by the sliding contact of its portions 16 and 17 withthe rear plate of the card-receiver, is moved in a vertical direction bymeans hereinafter described.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings there is shown a sleeve 18, driven in anydesired manner, as from clockwork, a portion of which is shown at 19.This sleeve has fixed upon its outer end, as by means of screw 20, adisk or plate 21, having pivotally mounted. thereon cam member 22. Themovement of cam 22 relative to plate 21 is limited, as by pins 23 and24, serving as stops therefor with the cam in position either closelyadjacent the sleeve 18 or at the extreme of i s movement away from thesame. A disk 25 is shown in the illustrative embodiment set forth, whichma "act as a support for the plate 21 or to perform any other desiredfunction.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, there is shown a frame 26, havingthe upwardlyprojecting ears 27 and 28, within which is journaled arock-shaft 29. Longitudinal movement of this rock-shaft within its bar-rings is prevented, as by an adjustable collar 30 and a disk 31, andthere is formed thereon or secured thereto an arm 32, adapted to projectwithin the path of travel of the cam 22 above described. This arm isnormally held in its uppermost position by means of a spring 33, oneend. of which. is secured in fixed relation to the ear 28 and the otherend of which is connected with an arm 34. upon the rockshaft 29 andholds the same in engagement with a lug 53, hereinafter described. Uponthe end of the rock-shaft adjacent the abovementioned sleeve 14 is fixeda yoke 36, having ournaled therein so as to swing in a substantiallyhorizontal plane a pawl 37, adapted to engage and coaet with a rack 38,secured upon the sleeve. This pawl is provided with a spiral spring 39,tending normally to wardly, as shown at 10 inv Fig. 2 of the drawings,for a purpose hereinafter described.

Journaled upon the lugs 11. and 42, formed upon ear 27, is what may 'betermed a holding-pawl 4-3 of a form sin'iilar to that of the pawl 37above described and normally maintained in engagement with the rack, asby means of a spring 4 1, connected with the bent lower end thereof, asat 4.5. The depending end 416 of pawl 413, however, terminates as apoint above the corresponding portion of pawl 37 for a purposehereinafter described. By the above means as the rockshaft is oscillatedby reason. of the successive engagements of the cam 22 with the arm 32,formed thereon, the pawl 37 raises the rack 38 tooth by tooth, thelatter member being held in its raised. position. by the holdingpaul 43.The upper edges of the pawls 37 and 13 are spaced one from another by adis- "ance slightly greater than twice the pitch of the rack 38, or, in,other words, than the distance between corresponding portions ofalternate teeth of this member. it will thus be seen that as the pawl 37raises the rack under the inlluence of spring 3 3 a slight clearance isprovided between the upper edgeof the pawl 13 and. the face of the toothbeneath which it is to engage, thus permitting the spring 4 1 readily toswing the holding-pawl into operative relation to the rack. With. theabove mechanism as the pawl 37 or actuating-pawl, as the same may betermed, is slowly retracted by the action of the cam 22 the rack 38, andconsequently the abutment 1.2, would be permittted to fall slightly onaccount of the above-mentioned clearance or play, with a consequenterror inv the alinement of the records made at this time. Such error iseliminated. by the 'follmring means.

Recurring to Figs. 1. and 3 of the drawings, there are shown a pair ofupwardly-exten.iing lugs 35 and 17, formed upon the member 26 in suchmanner as to form bearings for a lever-arm 48,the lug also acting as astop for the arm 34. as above described. Leverarm 48 is normally drawntoward the rack, as by spring 49, and is connected, as by a link 50,with a trip or releasing arm 51, journaled in lugs 12 and 52, as shownin Fig. 2 of the drawings. This arm, which is normally swung in thedirection of the rack, as by a spiral spring 53, is adapted to berotated in a horizontal plane upon the lever-arm 4'8 swinging within itsbearings. Such motion of the lever-arm is brought about by theengagement therewith of a. pin 5 1 upon the cam 22, the same tendingthroi'igh the abovedescribed connection to rotate the arm 51. Undernormal conditions this rotation of the arm 51 causes merely thedisengagemem; of the pawl 37 with the rack 38, the same being swungthrough the depending tip 10. Upon throw the same into engagement withthe l the rack being raised throughout a certain.

- 1 l rack. and the tree end. thereoi is bent downi prodeterminecdistanceas in the present case throughout a space equal to seven teeth,each tooth preferably corresponding to a day of the week upon therecord-surface useda pin 55, fixed upon the rack, engages the arm 51 andraises the same, compressing the spring 53 so as to spring the arm abovethe depending end 46 of pawl 43. Upon the same then being swung as abovedescribed through the lever 48 not only actuatingpawl 37, butholding-pawl as also, ill be thrown for a time from engagement with therack, thus permitting the same to fall to the position from which it wasraised.

In order readily to indicate the position of the abutment 12, anindicator 56 is mounted upon a shaft 57, journaled within hangers 58 and59 and having fixed thereon a pinion 60, intermeshing with a rack 61upon the sleeve 14. l'his indicator, which is preferably of acylindrical form, has printed or otherwise formed upon its outer surfaceclniracters indicative of the several positions of the abutment 12,these characters in the illustrative embodiment herewith shownrepresenting the days of the week. In this manner as the rack 38 israised throughout its successive steps the indicator 56 is rotatedthroughout corresponding angles and serves to publish by the charactersdisplayed in a predetermined position the position of the abutment.

The operation of the above-described em bodiment, which should belargely obvious from the above description, is as follows: Assuming therack 88 to be in its lowermost position, the cam 22 is swung by thesleeve 18, which preferably undergoes one revolution every twenty-fourhours, in such position as to engage the arm 32 and rest in contact withthe stop-pin 24. The arm 32 is thus depressed until the same passes thepoint of greatest eccentricity of the cam, whereupon it is released andsnapped upwardly by the spring 38, thus causing the pawl 37 to raise therack throughout a predetermined distance and the pawl 43 to be inposition to hold the same substantially in the position into which ithas been raised. Immediately after the release of arm 32, however, thepin 54 engages lever 48 and swings the same so as to draw the pawl 37from engagement with the rack and permit the same to rest upon the pawl43, thus insuring the correct alinement of the record, as abovedescribed. The rack is thus raised throughout the desired number ofsteps, and when it has completed its prxictermined path of travel thetrip-arm 51 is raised as before described, so as to engage not only thedepending end' lO of pawl 37, but the corresponding portion 46 of pawla3, and upon being swung through the lever l8 withdraws both pawls andpermits the rack to fall to its initial position. This cycle ofoperations is then repeated.

The indicator 56 operates in the insurer above set forth. to show theposition of tn abutment 12, and thus indicate within certain limits theportion of the card. upon which the record will be printed. If desired,a grip or knurled portion 62 may be provided upon the sleeve 14, so asto permit he same to be adjusted manually.

Owing to the peculiar construction of the cam 22, the clockwork may bemoved in the reverse direction from that indicated by the arrow in Fig.1 of the drawings to any desired. extent without affecting either therockshaft 29 or the lever-arm 1-8. This action is one to the fact thatupon the sleeve 18 being rotated in a clockwise direction with referenceto Fig. 1 of the drawings the cam is lifted towad pin 23 upon engagingarm 32 and passes over without depressing the same, thus carrying pin 54over lever 48.

It may here be noted that the expression immediately subsequent is usedthroughout the following claims as descriptive of the relative times ofactuation and release of the ctuating-pawl in a broad sense as denotinga time of release subsequent to a time of ac tuation and prior to thenext following use of the instrument for recording purposes. It may alsobe noted that the term rack is used in a broad sense to denote anytoothed member adapted to perform the functions set forth with regard tothis part.

It will thus be seen that we have provided simple and eflicient meansfor accomplishing the several objects of our invention. The

mechanism used, moreover, is of the simplest,

most durable, and inexpensive construction, and the action of the sameis positive and entirely automatic. It will also be seen that thealinemeint of records made by mechanism of the nature of that abovedescribed is without material error and that this perfection ofalinement is attained without sacrifice of the free and yet positiveaction of the mechanism whereby the card-abutment is ctuated. It willalso be apparent that several features of our invention are of value inother relations, although peculiarly adapted for that herein shown, andthat this invention may, be used in connection with instruments new inuse with slight alterations in the construction thereof.

ns many changes could be made in the above construciioi'i and manyapparently widely (ll'l'lGlGHl) embodiments of our invention could bemade without departing from the scope thereof, we intend that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be interpreted as lllUS'tl'iLtlVB and not in a limiting sense. Wedesire it also to be understood that the language used in the followingclaims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features ofthe invention herein (l6- scribed and all statements of the scope of theinvention which as a matter of language might be said fall therebetween.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a til11616001d61, in combination,

printing mechanism, a stop adapted to limit the relative movement in onedirection ol a coacting record-card, a rack connected with said step,actuating and holding p awls coacting with. said rack, clock-actuatedmeans adapted intermittentl to operate said actuating-rmwl, releasingmeans adapted to coact with said pawls, means controlled in accordancewith the pesiti on oil? the said rack adapted to place said releasingmeans in operative condition and means upon said clock-actuated meansadapted to operate said releasing means.

in a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a stop adaptedto limit the relative movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a'rack connected with said step, actuating and. holdingpawls coacting therewith, a clock-actuated member, means actuated fromsaid. clocli-actuaied member adapted. upon the same rotating in onedirection to operate said actuaring-g'iawl and adapted upon saidclock-actuated. member rotat ng in the opposite direction to remaininoperative with respect to said actuating-pawl, and means controlledin. accordance with the position of said rack and operated by means uponsaid cloch-ac tuaied member adapted to release said actuating andholding pawls.

a. In a time-recorder, in con'ibination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the relative .movement in one direction. oil" acoacting record-card, a rack op erativel connected with said step,actuating and holding pawls coacting therewith, clocleactuated. meansadapted intermittently to op erate said actuating-pawl, means adapted torelease said pawls, means upon said clock-actuated means adapted toactuate said releasing means, and means controlled. in accordance withthe position. of said rack adapted to place said releasing means inoperative con- (lition.

5. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a rack connected with said step, actuating and holdingpawls coacting with said rack, clock-actuated means adaptedintermittently to operate said actuatingpawl, means adapted to releasesaid actuating and holding pawls, means on. said clock-actuated meansadapted. to operate said releasing means, and means controlled .inaccordance with the position oi said rack to operate said releasingmember, and means carried by said rack adapted to throw said releasingmember into operative relation. to said actuating and said. holdingpawls.

7. in a ti;ne-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a rack connected with said step, actuating and holdingpawls coacting therewith, a releasing member adapted to throw said.actuating and holding pawls into inoperative position, clock-actuated.means ada tcd intermittently to operate said. actuating-pawl and to movisaid. re leasing member, and means controlled in accmdance with theposition. of said rack adapted to throw said releasing member intooperative relation to both said actuatin and said holding pawls.

8. in a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the relative movement .in one direction. oi a coactingrecord-card, a rack comiected with said step, actuating and. holdingpawls coacting therewith, a clocleactinited member, a cam carried bysaid clock-actuated member adapted intermittently to omvrate saidactuatingpawl, a releasing member adapted to swing into contact withsaid actuating and. said holding pawls and throw the same intoinoperative comlition, means controlled by said clock-actuated 'niemlwradapted to actuate said releasing member, and means carried by said rackadapted to move said releasing member into operative relation to both olsaid pawls.

9. in a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-canl, a rack connected with said step, actuating and holdingpawls coacting therewith, a clock-actuated member, a cam carried by saidclock-actuated member adapted upon. being rotated in one directionintermittently to operate said actuatingpawl, a releasing member adaptedto swing into contact with said actuating and said holding pawls andthrow the same into inoperative position, means controlled by saidclock-actuated member adapted to actuate said releasing member, meanscarried by said rack adapted to place said releasing member in operativerelation to both of said pawls, and means adapted upon saidclock-actuated member being rotated in the opposite direction to preventthe operation thereby of said actuating pawl or releasing member.

10. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a rack connected with said step, actuating and holdingpawls coacting therewith, a clock-actuated member, a cam carried by saidclock-actuated member adapted upon the same being rotated in onedirection intermittently to operate said actuatingpawl and upon saidclock actuated member being rotated in an opposite direc tion to remaininoperative with respect to said actuating pawl, a releasing memberadapted to swing into contact with said actuating and said holding pawlsand throw the same into inoperative position, means controlled by saidclock-actuated member adapted to actuate said releasing member, meanscarried by said rack adapted to move said releasing member intooperative relation to both of said pawls, and means adapted visually toindicate the position of said stop.

11. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a toothed member eperatively connected with said stop,means adapted to move said toothed member, means adapted to hold thesame in a predetermined position, and means adapted to throw saidtoothed member upon said holding means.

12. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing me chanism,meanscontrolling the p o sition of a coacting record-receiving member, atoothed member operatively connected therewith, means adapted to actuatesaid toothed member and means adapted to remove said actuating meansfrom engagement therewith immediately after each actuation thereof.

13. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, meansadapted to de termine the position of a coacting recorda-eceivingmember, a toothed member operatively connected with said means, a pawladapted to actuate said toothed member, a pawl adapted to hold the samesubstantially in the position in which it has been moved and meansadapted to operate said actuatingpawl and to release the same fromengage ment with said rack immediately subsequent to each operationthereof.

1a. In a time-recorder,- in combination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a rack operatively connected with said stop, actuating andholding pawls coacting with said rack, clock actuated means adaptedintermittently to operate said actuating-pawl, and means adapted towithdraw said, actrating-pawl from engage ment with said racl;immediately subsequent to each operation thereof.

15. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a rack operatively connected. with said stop, anactuating-pawl coacting with said rack and adapted to raise the same, aholding-pawl adapted to swing beneath one of the teeth of said. rack inthe position into which it has been raised by said actuatingpawl, saidholding-pawl having a clearance with reference to said tooth,clockactuated means adapted to operate said actuating-pawl, and meansadapted to release said actu ating-p awl from said rack subsequent toeach operation thereof and permit the same to rest upon saidholding-pawl.

16. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a rack operatively connected to said stop, anactuating-pawl coacting with said rack and adapted to raise the same, aholding-pawl adapted to swing beneath one of the teeth of said rack inthe po sition into which it has been raised. by said actuatingpawl, saidholding-pawl having a clearance with reference to said tooth,clockactuated means adapted to operate said actuating-pawl, meansadapted to release said actuating-pawl from said rack subsequent to theoperation thereof and permit the same to rest upon said holding-pawl,and means adapted to release both pawls upon said rack being movedthroughout a predetermined distance.

17. In a time recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a rack operatively connected with said step, actuating andholding pawls coacting with said rack, clock-actuated means adaptedintermittently to operate said actuating-pawl, means adapted to releasesaid pawls, means upon said clock-actuated means adapted to actuate saidreleasing means, and means adapted immediately subsequent to eachoperation of said actuatingpawl to withdraw the same from engagementwith said rack and permit said rack to be supported by saidholding-pawl.

18. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a rack operatively connected with said stop, actuating andholding pawls coacting therewith, clock-actuated means adaptedintermittently to operate said actuating-pawl, means adapted to resaoeaelease said pawls, means controlled in accordance with the position ofsaid rack adapted to place said releasing means in operative condition,and means adapted immediately sul. sc quent toeach operation of saidactuatingpawl to withdraw the same from engagement with said rack.

19. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a rack operative :y' con nected wlth said step, actuatingand holding pawls coacting therewith, clock-actuated means adapted uponbeing driven in one di rection intermittently to operate saidactuating-pawl and upon being driven in the opposite direction to remaininoperative with respect to said actuating-pawl, means adapted torelease said pawls means controlled in accordance with the position ofsaid rack adapted to place said releasing means in operative condition,and means adapted immediatel subsequent to each operation o'l saidactuating-pawl to withdraw the same from engagement with said rack.

20. In a timerecorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a rack operativel v cennected with said step, actuating andholding pawls coacting therewith, clock-actuated means adaptedintermittently to operate said actuating-pawl, means adapted to releasesaid pawls from engagement with said rack, means controlled inaccordance with the position of said rack adapted to place saidreleasing means in operative condition and means controlled by saidclock-actuated means adapted tocause said releasing means to withdrawsaid actuating-pawl from operative relation with. said rack immediatelsubsequent to each operation thereof.

21. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the relative movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a rack operativel} con neoted with said. stop, actuatingand holding pawls coacting therewith, clock-actuated means adapted uponbeing rotated in one di rection inteimittentl to operate saidactuating-pawl and upon being rotated in the opposite direction toremain. inoperative with respect to said actuating-pawl, means adaptedto release said pawls from engagement with said rack, means controlledin accordance with the position 01 said rack adapted to place saidreleasing means in operative condition, and means controlled by saidclock-actuated means adapted to withdraw said actuating-pawl fromoperative relation with said rack immediately subsequent to each operation thereof.

22. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, meanscontrolling the her with relation to the printing mechanism, a memberoperatively connected with said means, means adapted to actuate saidmemher, and means adapted to remove said actuating means from engagementwith said member immediately after each actuation thereof.

In a time-recorder, the combination of printing mechanism, means todetermine the position of a card relative to said mechanism, actuatingmeans arranged to engage said determining means to impart anintermitteiiit step-by-stcp movement thereto, a holding device to holdthe determining means in each of the positions to which it is moved andmeans to disengage the actuating means from the determining means altereach actuation of the latter.

24. In a time-recorder, the combination of printing mechanism, me ans todetermine the position of a card relative to said mechanism, actuatingmeans arranged to engage said dotermining means to impart anintermittent step-by-step movement thereto, a holding device to hold.the determining means in each of the positions to which it is moved,means to disengage the actuating means from the determining means aftereach actuation of the latter, and means to cause the disengaging meansto move both the actuating and holding means from operative engagementwith the determining means alter the latter has completed a cycle ofmovements.

25. In a time-recorder, the cemhimition of printing mechanism, means todetermine the position of a card relative to said. mechanism, actuatingmeans arranged to engage said determining means to impart anintermittent step-bv-step movement thereto, a holding device to hold thedetermining means in each of the positions to which. it is moved, meansto disengage the actuating means from the determining means after eachactuation oi the latter, and means operating in accord ance with theposition of the determining means, to cause the disengaging means tomove both the actuating and holding means .l'rom operative engagementwith the determining means alter the latter has completed a cycle ofmovements.

26. In a time-reconler, he combination ol printing mechanism, means todetermine the position of a card relative to said mechanism, actuatingmeans arranged to engage said determining means to impart anintermittent step-by-step movement thereto, a holdii'ig device to holdthe determining means in each. oi the positions to which it is moved,and clock-actuated means for disengaging the actuating means from thedetermining means after each actuation of the latter.

27. In a time-recorder, the combination of printing mechanism, means todetermine the position of a card relative to said mechanism,

position of a coacting recordaeceiving mema cloch-controlled actuatingmeans arranged IIO to engage said determining means to impart anintermittent step-by-step movement thereto, a holding device to hold.the determining means in each of the positions to which it is moved, andclock-actuated. means for disengaging the actuating means from thedetermining means after each actuation of the latter.

28. In a time-recorder, he combination of a printing mechanism, means todetermine the position of a card relative to said mechanism,clock-controlled actuating means arranged to engage said determiningmeans to impart an intermittent step-by-step movement thereto, andclock-actuated means for disengaging the actuating means from thedetermining means after each actuation of the latter.

29. In a time-recorder, the combination of printing mechanism, acard-stop movable relative to the printing mechanism, clockcontrolledactuating means arranged to en.- gage said step to impart thereto anintermittent step-by-step movement, a holding device to hold the stop inthe several positions to which it is moved, a releasing device todisengage the actuating means from the stop after each movement of thelatter and operating in accordance with the position of the stop todisengage both the actuating means and the holding device from the stopafter the stop has completed a cycle of movements 30. In atime-recorder, the combination of a printing mechanism, a card-stopmovable relative to the printing mechanism, clocl controlled actuatingmeans arranged to en gage said step to impart thereto an intermittentstepbystep movement, a holding device to hold the stop in the severalpositions to which it is moved, means to automatically disengage theactuating means from the stop after each movement of the latter andmeans to disengage both the actuating and holding means from the stopwhen the latter has completed a cycle of movements.

31. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the movement in one direction of a eoactingrecord-card, a toothed member connected with said stop, actuating andholding pawls coacting with said toothed member, clockcontrolled meansadapted upon rotation. in one direction intermittently to operate saidactuating-pawl, and adapted to be rotated in a reverse direction withoutailecting said actuating-pawl.

32. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a stopadapted to limit the movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a toothed member connected with said step, actuating andholding aawls coacting therewith, and a clock-actuated pawl, said cambeing mounted to become inetl'ectivc to operate said actuating-pawl uponrotation in the opposite direction.

33. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, a movableabutment adapted. to limit the movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a toothed member operatively connected with said abutment,an actuating-pawl and a holding pawl coasting with said toothed member,clocleactuated means adapted to operate said actuating-pawl, and meanscontrolled by said toothed member and movable reattive thereto to throwsaid holding member into inoperative position.

34. In a time-recorder, in combination, a toothed. member, holding andactuating p awls coaeting therewith, a cloch-controlled means adaptedintermittently to operate said actuating-pawl, a singleautomatically-acting means adapted. simultaneously to maintain saidholding and said actuating pawls out of engagement with said. toothedmember, and. means adapted to render said last-mentioned means operativeupon said actuating-pawl being operated a predetermined number of times.

35. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, an abutmentadapted to limit the movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a toothed member operatively connected with said abutment,holding and. actuating pawls coacting with said toothed member,clock-controlled means adapted intermittently to operate saidactuating-pawl, and a single member adapted upon said actuating-pawl.being operated a predetermined number of times to hold said actuatingand holding pawls simultaneously out o1 engagement with said toothedmember.

36. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, an abutmentadapted to limit the movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a toothed member operatively connected with said abutment,holding and actuating pawls coacting with said toothed member,clock-controlled means adapted intermittently to operate saidactuating-pawl, and single member adapted upon said actuating-pawl beingoperated a predetermined number of times to hold said actuating andholding pawls simultaneously out of engagement with said toothed memer,said last-mentioned single member being controlled in accordance withthe position of said toothed member.

37. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing mechanism, an abutmentadapted. to limit the movement in one direction of a coactingrecord-card, a clock-actuated member, means adapted to be actuated bythe rocam adapted upon rotation in one direction tation of saidclock-actuated member in one intermittently to operate said actuatmg- 1direction to move said abutment, said clockprinting meehanism, anabutment adapted actuated member being ineiieotive for the opera tion oisaid. moving: means upon being;- rotated in the opposite direetion.

38. In a time-reeorder, in e(.)i'nbinati n,

to limit the movement in one direction of a ooaetingr record-card, adock-actuated. member, n eans adapted to move said. abutment, a cam uponsaid. Ci()(LC-&Ct11ttt0(i mom] er adapted to actuate said IHWJiUfI meansupon said 0am ieingz; rotated in one direction, said cam. beingine'fi'eetive for the operation of said moving means upon bei' g2;rotatei in another direction.

39. In a time-recorder, in combination, printing ineehanisnm an abutmentadapted to limit the .IIlOVGlllOiltin one direetion of a coastingreeortbeard, means adapted to move said abutment, a rotatableclock-auto.- ated member, and a earn on said clock-actuated n'ieinberpivoted at a point eooentrie to the axis thereof adapted to engage andaotu ate said moringij means.

40. in a time-ireix'nder, in eonibination, printin z meehanism, anaimtmem'; adapted to iimit the movement in one direction or a (co 'tingl'eeoi'd-eard, means adapted to mow said abutment, a r31ovioaetuatedmember, a eam pivoted on said (loo\:aotuated member et'rt ei'itrio tothe axis thereof adapted to engage and actuate said moving means, and astop adapted to limit the movement of said 0am in a direction away fromsaid. axis.

In testimony \x'hereot we aiiix our signa' tures in the presenee oi" twowitnesses.

JOHN DEY. A LEXANDE it DE Y Witnesses:

Grain E 1 iii. 1' J UNn, CLARA SACKELT RAYMOND.

